End of an era: HMD is dropping its Nokia branding for smartphones
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- rizki1
- u7V
- 01 Feb 2024
Let's start again like in 2017-2018 you made a phone that could compete with Chinese..
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- DBS
- s0h
- 01 Feb 2024
Minu, 01 Feb 2024It doesn't have Pixel software in the first place, but... moreYou might want to re-read what I wrote.
I said the version of Android it has - pure stock - is EVEN WORSE than the iPixel software. I didn't say it had the same.
And a company with few resources should perhaps NOT launch a ton of mediocre devices that they have to support. A company with few resources would have done what Nokia told them to do when they created them: focus on a single premium device. Which is what Nokia was going to do before they got cold feet.
HMD decided to do the opposite: launch a bunch of bland phones, with awful software and deliver ZERO ot the hallmarks of the Nokia brand.
And here they are: throwing in the towel (and completely closing shop in a couple of years tops).
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- Anonymous
- Mkm
- 01 Feb 2024
"Nokia Corporation is still a global leader in network equipment..."
I guess that's the reason why HMD decided to make phones under their own name. Let the real Nokia do all the communication stuff.
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- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 01 Feb 2024I can't believe Nokia is finished. This is a real sha... moreEspecially because they made the most durable phones, regardless of who owned the brand
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- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 01 Feb 2024Finally, thankfully, they won't be making underspecced... moreThey aren't underspecced, people think Snapdragon-based phones are superior
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- 01 Feb 2024
justasmile, 01 Feb 2024Yeah, Finnish company Nokia is really finished.And lives off being a patent troll, more than anything
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- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2024I remember when tech media wanted to tell us that the Nokia... moreNokia under Microsoft had great marketing, but at that time, people would buy something with a less of a turbulent presence in the market. It was natural for Apple and Samsung to make the US market their biggest market with time
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Feb 2024
I can't believe Nokia is finished. This is a real shame. I have fond memories of Nokia phones.
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- 01 Feb 2024
DBS, 01 Feb 2024It's about time the Home of Mediocre Devices stopped b... moreIt doesn't have Pixel software in the first place, but I don't think it's a bad idea for a company with minimal resources
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- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2024How is Htc dead if they still make phones and tablets? ... moreThe new HTC phone barely exists outside GSMA's target market unfortunately
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- 01 Feb 2024
pl2rts, 31 Jan 2024Finally it will be with a name that all will look away.
Un... moreThey existed in the wrong time.
With a limited number of resources, any brand can barely exist when people look for the cheapest product possible, with the most specs. This wouldn't have been a problem if Microsoft had been merged to HMD with its infinite resources back in 2014.
Take a look at how Lenovo and Samsung under Wingtech, manages to make a huge number of models within a short time. Volume is key, if the company can't spend enough on marketing
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- 01 Feb 2024
DBS, 01 Feb 2024It's about time the Home of Mediocre Devices stopped b... moreThey don't have a roster of good licensees, because they don't pay attention to them in the first place
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- xjH
- 01 Feb 2024
Bye bye nokia again, probably 3rd time since inception.
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- Anonymous
- X%Q
- 01 Feb 2024
It was never an "era" to begin with. We all know HMD nokia was never the true Nokia. Actually Nokia died the day signed a deal with Microsoft.
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- Anonymous
- i{q
- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2024Because fanboys buy iPhone to show off not that it is bette... moreNah, it's because of easy the ecosystem works and you get the same experience regardless of which iPhone you get. People who buy Android have to learn Samsung's UI, or Google's PIxel UI, or Xiaomi's UI, ect, ect.
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- kiasunkiasi
- XNB
- 01 Feb 2024
Kuba, 01 Feb 2024Yeah, like China has ever paid for any patent:) LOLyou are prime example of successful Western media
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- Kuba
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- 01 Feb 2024
Yeah, like China has ever paid for any patent:) LOL
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- 01 Feb 2024
DBS, 01 Feb 2024It's about time the Home of Mediocre Devices stopped b... moreTrue, very true
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- 01 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2024I actually see this as a good thing: The Nokia that we knew... moreOh it will lead to bankruptcy within a couple of years.
HMD already had a really hard time getting money from investors in their last rounds of funding, without a recognisable brand sales will completely disappear and the company will fold in no time.
It's already hanging by a thread.